Penholder



(No Model.)

E. L. B'ROWN.

PENHOLDBR. 4

N0.529,062. Patntel Nov. 13, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EDWARD LEWIS BROWN, OF SAN FRANCISOO, CALIFORNIA.

PENHOLDER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,062, dated November 13, 1894.

Appnanon med July 19, 1394. serinno. 518.040. (NO model.)

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LEwIs BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of pen-holders in which the pen is held by a retaining sleeve and released when said sleeve is withdrawn.

It consists in a certain novel construction hereinafter fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings Figure 1 is a side elevatlon of a pen-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same showing a pen held therein, and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the manner of discharging a worn-out pen.

Referring to the drawings particularly by letter, A designates the stock of the holder which is composed of the tip B of the usual construction and the handle O having a stem D which is provided with a threaded extrernity adapted to -enter and engage a threaded Socket E in the tip and thereby secure the tip and the handleltogether.

F designates the retaining sleeve through which the tip and the handle are inserted before being secured together. This sleeve is provided with an internal annular rib G which serves as a bearing for the stem D and also acts as a stop to limit the movement of the handle and the tip as the end of the tip and the annular shoulder H at the base of the stem come into contact with it.

The Operation of the device will ble readily understood. To insert a pen, the retaining sleeve is slipped down the handle so as to expose the tip. The pen is then placed against 40 the tip and the sleeve pushed up over the same, thereby holding the pen as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Should the pen be broken or worn out, the sleeve is pushed toward the end of the handle and the pen drops through lack of support.

It will be readily seen that I have provided .a pen-holder which is extremely simple in its construction and is consequently' light and easy in the fingers of the user. The internal annular rib of the retaining sleeve serves as a bearing to prevent twisting or breaking of the stem and also acts as a stop to prevent the handle being projected entirely from the sleeve.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pen holder consisting of a tip having a threaded socket in its inner end, a handle hav- 6o ing a stem provided with a threaded extremity adapted to enter and engage the said socket, the handle having an annular shoulder at the base of the stem, and a sliding retaining sleeve mounted on the tip and the handle and 6 5 

